Title: Fighter
Author: desolate butterfly
Genre: drabble, fluff
Pairing: Lee/Sakura
Rating: G
Summary: When Team Gai and Team 7 train together, Sakura shows Lee what she really wants from him.

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Sakura blinked at the daisy that was suddenly shoved under her nose and look questioningly up in Rock Lee's slightly concerned face.

"You looked sad," he said, by way of explanation, and smiled broadly.

In the distance she could hear the clang of weapons as TenTen tried to take out a legion of Naruto clones, and the whoosh of fire in the air as Sasuke and Neji danced around each other in a whirl of chakra and freaky-eye jutsus. Over that, of course, was the sound of Gai's deep voice blaring encouragement and making ridiculous boasting statements to Kakashi.

Sakura looked at the delicate flower petals clutched in Lee's bandaged hand and frowned.

"Thanks Lee-san but...there's something else you could give me that would cheer me up more," she said.

He straightened with a salute and exclaimed, "Anything that makes Sakura-san happy I will do, and if I can't I perform one-thousand leg squats before Neji lands a hit on Sasuke-san!"

Sakura smiled then, and got to her feet, setting them apart in a balanced position.

"Give me your best shot," she said, raising her hands.

Lee looked astonished and hesitant for about three seconds before he also set his feet in a fighting stance. He only gave her his fourth best shot, and managed to knock her into the dirt, spouting a hundred apologies the entire time.

She smiled and thanked him anyway, and the daisy somehow got trampled in his efforts to correct her stance.

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fin.

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